Home Blood Pressure During Normal Pregnancy | Zendy

Thierry Denolle | Zendy; Jean-Claude Daniel | Zendy; Christian Calvez | Zendy; Jean Noel Ottavioli | Zendy; Vincent Esnault | Zendy; D Herpin | Zendy

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Home Blood Pressure During Normal Pregnancy

Author(s) -

Thierry Denolle,

Jean-Claude Daniel,

Christian Calvez,

Jean Noel Ottavioli,

Vincent Esnault,

D Herpin

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.03.736

Subject(s) - medicine , gestation , pregnancy , blood pressure , second trimester , obstetrics , first trimester , gestational age , gestational hypertension , gynecology , genetics , biology

To determine values for home blood pressure (HBP) during pregnancy, nurses taught 45 healthy pregnant women to use a HBP method for 1 week before 15 weeks of gestation, between weeks 15 and 27, and after 28 weeks for the last 3 months of gestation. HBP values were significantly lower during the second trimester and higher during the last trimester (102 +/- 8/59 +/- 7*, 101 +/- 8/57 +/- 8*, 105 +/- 8*/62 +/- 9* mm Hg;*P< 0.05) than during other trimesters. Heart rate increased significantly during the pregnancy. The present study suggests upper limits for HBP: 118/73, 117/73, and 121/80 mm Hg, respectively during the 3-month gestational periods. These findings may be helpful in providing clinicians with comparative values so as begin to establish reference values for HBP during pregnancy.

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